Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-01-21

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fire recently, the fire taking from a de-
fective pipe. 1t was one of the oldest
houses in the town, being more than 100
years old. 1t was built by Benjamin
Carver and in stage days was hotel on
a line from Troy to Montreal 1t was
for troops on the way to
Plattsburg in the war of 1872, and was
always known as the Carver place.
The Vermont Life Insurance company
of Burlington has elected these officers.
Directors, Torrey +. Wales, Samuel
Huntington, James A. Shedd, Russell ).
Taft, J. ID. Hatch, +. c. Kennedy, Daniel
Roberts, w. W. Henry, W. A. Cromble.
Edward Barlow, Joel II. Gates, j. c.
Dunn, Theo. A. Hopkins, c. NJ. Spauld-
ing, W. II. Hart, Elihu b. Taft. Edwin
Wheelock, G. W. Carter, ID. W. Robinson.
George II. Morse, Robert Roberts, Walter
Carpenter; William Ii. Hart president:
c. NJ. Spaulding, vice president; C.. II.
Turrill, secretary.
At recent special meeting of the
board of trustees of the Vermont Irniyer
sity and State agricultural college. Hon.
Crosby Miller of Pomfret and Coy. Orms-
bee were chosen to act with President
Buckingham of the university as board
of control of the experiment station, as
provided by the recent act of the legisla-
ture. The board as thus constituted will
proceed at once to equip the station and
organize its working force. The old
medical college building will afford am
pie Accommodations for the laboratory and
offices of the station, and the work of ar
ranging the rooms and providing the nee
essary facilities is now in progress.
AT meeting of the executive commit
tee of the State Agricultural society and
the Champlain Valley association it was
voted to hold Il joint fair at Howard Park.
September 12-l6. providing this date
would not conflict with the New England
fair. Officers of the joint fair were cho-
sen as follows President, Henry Chase
of Lyndon; clerk, f. Selden of Burling-
ton; treasurer VIM. Kidder of Winooski:
general superintendent, B. j. Derby of
Burlington; executive committee, II. G.
Root. A. G.. Pierce, w. Seward Webb, lie
q. b. Cannon, George A. Merrill, John
n. Baxter, II. H. Mcintyre.
The executive committee of the Bur
lington Coasting club have adopted a
programme for the carnival February If
to Is as follows: Monday evening, OPEN
ing and illumination of coasting hills.
Tuesday morning, coasting and toboggan-
ing; afternoon, ice boating and sleighing
on Lake Champlain, skating tournament:
evening, opening of toboggan slides, py-
rotechnic displays. Wednesday morning.
coasting and tobogganing; skating at
the ice rink; afternoon. ice boat races
and sleighing parties; evening, grand
procession, decorated and Illuminated
traverses. Thursday morning, coasting
and tobogganng; afternoon, club din
ner at the Van Ness House, followed bv
snowshoe races and horse races on the
lake; evening, grand procession of tObog-
ganists, snowshoers and other winter
sport organizations, followed by snow
shoe concert at the Howard opera house.
Friday morning, tobogganing and coast
ing, fancy skating at the ice rink; after
noon, trotting races on the lake; evening,
closing event, grand carnival ball. The
committee has decided to erect on the
lake Il Russian slide with four chutes.
Nhn Il Il 1
ner of College and Church streets, Bur-
lngton, was destroyed by fire last Friday
night. 1t was an old wooden structure
originally used for hotel. The fire
broke out in the basement of Mckillip's
grocery about midnight The occupants
of the building were W. b. Mckillip,
imported groceries: A. &. Strong, hard
ware; ). Huntington q Co., books and
stationery; l.. y. 4 \. A. Drew, meat
market; IL. Meekin, printing office; Phil
Barber, barber shop, and Ethan Allen
engine company. The losses were sub
stantially as follows: \. &. Strong,
hardware, $1,000; insurance s., 900: :.
Huntington Il Co., books and stationery,
store and stock valued at $4,000: latter
partially saved; insurance $4,000; W.
b. Mckillip, groceries, $4,000; insurance
$1,000; Y. VI. G. A., loss on building
and parors, $1,000; insurance, $4,000;
l.. \. Il \. y. Drew. meat market. $500.
no insurance IL. Meellin, printing office,
5000, insurance 5000; p. Barber, loss on
barber shop 5000, partially insured.
Total loss about S45, 900, insurance S35.-
600. The origin of the fire is Il mystery.